“SUPPORT FOR LIBYA”The attention of the Hugo Chavez International Foundation for Peace,Friendship and Solidarity (HCI-FPFS) has been drawn toimperialist-driven, colonialist-driven, Zionist-driven, anti-Libyanagenda doctored by detractors to the peace, stability, unification anddevelopment of Africa. The anti-Libyan covert agenda which started aweek ago has one objective: “to instigate a violent insurrectionagainst the Libyan Revolution, led by Muammar Qathafi”.

Much as we, in the HCI-FPFS are concerned, we have recorded with greatregret the exploitation and misleading interpretation of an isolatedand painful incident that happened in the Libyan city of Benghazi,meant to embarrass Muammar Qathafi and the Libyan people.

Our sources in and outside Libya revel that, contrary to foreignmachinations, there is nothing like “Libyans protesting against therevolutionary leadership of Muammar Qathafi”. There is just noevidence whatsoever to place Libya on the queue with Bahrain, Jordanand Yemen as countries in the Middle East that are facinganti-governments protests. In fact the reality on the ground in Libyashows that Libyans are behind their charismatic leaders and aresatisfied with the gains of the September 1st Al-Fateh Revolution, ledby Muammar Qathafi.

Our sources reveal also that there was a gathering of immigrants inBenghazi, mainly Arabs from Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan and Bahrain toexpress their solidarity with compatriots at home. Attempts by thecompetent Libyan security to stop the activities of these immigrantsresulted into scuffled where the immigrants resorted to violentattacks against security forces. In the process, the immigrantsstarted mouthing anti-Qathafi slogans, accusing the Libyan leader ofdoing nothing to support protesters in Tunesia, Egypt, Jordan, Yemenand Bahrain.

As a matter of fact, well established, the Libyan Government ofMuammar Qathafi has time and again spelt it crystal clear that it hasno territorial ambition beyond the national sovereignty andindependence of Libya. The Government has also maintained that it hasno interest meddling in the domestic matters of another sovereignnation and member-state of the United Nations.

To say that there are anti-government protests going on in Libya isfictitious and a figment of imagination by those who seek to destroythe peace, stability and progress the African continent has chalkedsince the transformation of the Organisation of Africa Unity (OAU) tothe African Union (AU) in 2000. What the enemies of Muammar Qathaficannot deny is that Libyans protested en mass in Tripoli to reaffirmtheir support for their leaders and to denounce attempts by foreigndetractors to instigate insurrection against their Government andcountry.

Like the so-called opposition to the Governments of Venezuela andIran, Libya’s opposition constitute of a group of terroristsrecruited, trained, funded and lodged in the United States. With nochance of manipulating the people, this so-called opposition relyinstead on lies, armed violence, terrorism to ferment a politicalcrises that will lead to the fall of the Government. Using theirinternational business connections, especially ties to the corporatemedia, the opposition has manufactured an image of itself as the truechampion of freedom in Libya.

Media manipulation is one success the opposition has succeeded inmobilizing the mainstream media to create an image of Muammar Qathafias a tyrant and the opposition as democratic freedom fighters. Forinstance, the international media have run several vicious storiescomparing events in Egypt and Tunesia. Although the Libyan masses haveexplained their anger against attempts by foreign powers to destroytheir leader, the mainstream media deliberately refused to report theanger of the Libyan people towards the enemies of Muammar Qathafi.

The enemies of Africa are bent of misusing their media platforms todemonise, dehumanize and lie about the Great Al-Fateh Revolution of1st September, 1969.

Having stated the above, we disseminate this Press Releasecategorically rejecting all the forms of violence and anarchy anddenouncing the irresponsible reckless behaviours of the corporatemedia and foreign Institutions, particularly Amnesty International(United Kingdom) and Human Rights Watch (New York) in their reportingand analysis of the situation in Libya.We denounced the unwholesome western media campaigns aimed to damageLibya's reputation, sow hatred and grudge and use current events inthe Middle East for suspicious ends with erroneous statements andgroundless allegations about Libya and the leadership of MuammarQathafi. These media campaigns tend to pave the way for detractors andskeptics to harm Libya's image by means of manipulation and lies inorder to stir up ill- feeling, destabilize the country and questionthe gains and achievements of the Al-Fateh Revolution.The Hugo Chavez International Foundation for Peace, Friendship andSolidarity (HCI-FPFS) notes with great satisfaction the role of theLibyan leader in moving Africa forward through peace, freedom anddevelopment.These moves testify to the rightness of the renewed vision of MuammarQathafi in matters of Unification of Africa, and development acrossthe continent.Sender:

Alimamy Bakarr SANKOHPresident of the Hugo Chavez International Foundation for Peace,Friendship and Solidarity (HCI-FPFS)For an on behalf of the Hugo Chavez International Foundation forPeace, Friendship and Solidarity (HCI-FPFS